GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Gov. Snyder versus Mayor George Heartwell. Each is offering to walk 5 miles with you on Labor Day, but only one of them will cross more than one bridge. Which walk will you join?

“You don’t have to drive all the way to the Mackinac Bridge to join the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk,” states a news release from Grand Rapids City Hall. “Participants (in the annual 'Grand Crossings') can walk as many as five miles through downtown Grand Rapids, the equivalent of the Mackinac Bridge, and cross more than just one bridge.”
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Heartwell again plans to walk across several downtown bridges as part of the annual “Grand Crossings” on Monday, Sept. 2. The walk will step off at 8 a.m. from Ah-Nab-Awen Park near the corner of Pearl Street and Front Avenue NW.

Click “view full size” of the image to the left to see a map of the route, which is wheelchair accessible and will cross the newly repainted Blue Bridge. The route will cross six bridges, ranging as far north as the Sixth Street Bridge and as far south as Wealthy Street, as it goes along the river and also passes by DeVos Place, Van Andel Arena and through Grand Valley State University.

Just show up to participate. There will be free parking in the city’s Area 7 and Scribner parking lots. Here’s a map of those lots.